Extreme DIY: You'll never make it out of this escape room unless you have the right DIY skills
My friends and co-workers are always trying to get me to participate in those trendy escape room games. They try to lure me in with promises of excitement, bonding, and puzzle solving. My response, however, is always the same: not without my tool belt. Why? Because you can escape anything with enough determination and the right tools. Well, the marketing team at Lowe's must have read my mind because they created a DIY escape room for professional contractors and some of YouTube's most famous makers. Instead of solving riddles and puzzles to find clues, the competitors must relay on their DIY skills to aid them on their quest and help them escape.
About the Author
Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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